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Howell, Robert T. – Tech Directions, 2007
Many teachers find developing a new lesson or course quite difficult. It would be nice to have all necessary information, lesson plans and assessment materials ready at hand. But most often, they find themselves on their own when it comes to lesson and course development. The author faced this situation when he was asked to develop a lesson on…
Descriptors: Fuels, Industrial Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Altman, Howard B.; Cashin, William E. – 1992
This paper presents guidelines for writing a syllabus for college courses for both experienced and novice teachers. The purpose of the syllabus in communicating course content, purpose, direction and requirements is discussed, as is the necessity of planning the course before syllabus writing. Major content areas of the syllabus are reviewed,…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives

Leinhardt, Gaea – Educational Leadership, 1986
Outlines research on how expert teachers function in the classroom. Shows the structure of an expert teacher's lessons and how she handles content in the teaching of mathematics. The studies suggest that content knowledge is critical and that expert teachers manage time and academic engagement equally well. (MD)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Efficiency
Norton, Robert E. – 1993
Curriculum developers must work hard to avoid the "what errors" of curriculum development. They must avoid failing to teach what should be taught and teaching what is no longer relevant and needed. Curriculum "what errors" are likely to occur when teachers design courses so as to teach what they know best, what they were…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Job Analysis
Osborne, Ed; Hemp, Paul – 1984
This booklet is designed to serve as a practical guide to assist teachers in using the Illinois Core Curriculum in Agriculture to develop courses of study for local vocational agriculture courses. Provided first is an overview of vocational agriculture programs on the secondary-school level in the state of Illinois. The next section is a guide for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Core Curriculum, Course Content, Curriculum Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Santiago (Chile). Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. – 1987
In conjunction with United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's 40th anniversary, 1986 was named the International Year of Peace. During 1986, UNESCO selected the theme "peace" as an education project to be undertaken in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Analysis, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Carranza, E. Lou – 1982
A pedagogy appropriate to college level courses and comprised of interdisciplinary content, multidisciplinary faculty, and students from diverse academic backgrounds and with varying levels of skills merits development. A taxonomy of some of the difficulties in the construction of such a course in Mexican American studies, for example, focuses on…
Descriptors: American Studies, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies
Horton, Sarah – 2000
This book outlines an approach to putting course content on the Web. It explains how to make current course materials Web-ready and describes Web-enabled teaching tools that educators may not currently use but that they might wish to incorporate into the teaching approach. The book explains how to combine these materials and tools to create a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Hoover, John J. – Academic Therapy, 1990
A five-step curriculum adaptation model to meet learning and behavior needs is presented, involving (1) determine need for curricular adaptations, (2) identify elements requiring adaptation, (3) select teaching and behavior management techniques, (4) implement curricular adaptations, and (5) monitor progress of adaptations. (JDD)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Messick, Richard E. – 1996
Because most countries in the western hemisphere have rejected authoritarian governments and economic policies for more democratic governments and freer economies, schools have a responsibility to help maintain democracy by teaching their students to take an active role in deciding both their political and economic futures. Healthy democracies…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Course Content
Jelden, D. L. – 1984
This paper explains recommended procedures for establishing a computer based, multimedia, computer managed system emphasizing self-paced, individualized instruction as an approach to learner controlled education. The basic components or modules of such a system are briefly described, including student information, instructional analysis, learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Diagnostic Teaching
Fort Worth Independent School District, TX. – 1989
This curriculum guide to world history studies and honors world history studies in Fort Worth (Texas) schools contains the following materials: a statement of philosophy and broad goals for each content area; objectives organized around broad content goals or strands that define specific expectations for students, prekindergarten through grade 12;…
Descriptors: Course Content, History Instruction, Instructional Development, Instructional Materials
Mardon, Austin Albert – 1987
The purpose of this booklet is to broadly describe the scope and sequence and course content of the grade 10 Canadian geography course that is taught in the Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada) Separate School District #51. It also explains the structure of a notation system which is primarily used to ensure that Alberta's course requirements are met.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Foreign Countries
Diamond, Robert M. – 1998
This book is intended to help college faculty effectively design and evaluate courses and curricula. The 16 chapters address the following topics: a learning-centered approach to course and curriculum design; a systematic design model (showing benefits); the decision to begin a curriculum project; getting started; linking goals, courses, and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation
Lowther, Malcom A.; And Others – 1989
This guide was developed in response to faculty inquiries about how to prepare more effective syllabi. Its content was derived from several sources: discussions with faculty about course planning procedures; interviews with students; reviews of workshops and other literature; and analysis of a large number of syllabi from different disciplines.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Course Descriptions